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==Faulty accusative==
==Faulty accusative==
The faulty accusative particle is ''ym'', which etymologically was a filler word like "um..." It is not a case marker; it comes before a constituent noun phrase X when
The faulty accusative particle is ''ym'', which etymologically was a filler word like "um..." It is not a case marker; it comes before a constituent noun phrase X in phrases of the form HEAD Y X, when X is not a prepositional phrase.
* X does not begin with a preposition
* another constituent Y intervenes between the "verb" (the head of a clause) and X, and Y is not a pronoun


:'''''A duvwñ, mol a tehd ym ob.'''''
:'''''A duvwñ, mol a tehd ym ob.'''''
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